Benefit for teachers/administrators Library media specialist can "integrate literacy skills into all subject areas of school curriculum. They serve as the bridge to help teachers make the connections between inquiry-based learning and information-literacy skills throughout the curriculum at all levels." (Morris 2004, 35) from Zamuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada article,The Learning Specialist-p.37
Increases the expertise of teaching staff through collaborative tasks they complete together. (Zamuda, et al.) In a study about teachers planning with librarians, "making connections" which comprised 32% of the interactions was the most frequent activity. Teachers benefit from the librarian making connections to resources to unit objectives.
*Connecting curriculum to resources
BARRIERS for collaboration- lack of principal understanding or support for collaboration, time limitations, and rigid library scheduling (Brown 2004) from article Consider with Whom You are Working: Discourse Models of School Librarianship in Collaboration.- Sue Kimmel
Work cited: Zmuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada. "The Learning Specialist: Clarifying the Role of Library Media Specialists." Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century. Eds. Allison Zmuda and Violet H. Harada. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 23--43. Print.
Kimmel, Sue C. ""Consider with Whom You Are Working": Discourse Models of School Librarianship in Collaboration." School Library Research 14 (2011): n. pag. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <www.ala.org/aasl/slr/vol14>.
Library media specialist can "integrate literacy skills into all subject areas of school curriculum. They serve as the bridge to help teachers make the connections between inquiry-based learning and information-literacy skills throughout the curriculum at all levels." (Morris 2004, 35) from Zamuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada article,The Learning Specialist-p.37
Increases the expertise of teaching staff through collaborative tasks they complete together.
(Zamuda, et al.)
In a study about teachers planning with librarians, "making connections" which comprised 32% of the interactions was the most frequent activity. Teachers benefit from the librarian making connections to resources to unit objectives.
*Connecting curriculum to resources
BARRIERS for collaboration- lack of principal understanding or support for collaboration, time limitations, and rigid library scheduling (Brown 2004) from article Consider with Whom You are Working: Discourse Models of School Librarianship in Collaboration.- Sue Kimmel
Work cited:
Zmuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada. "The Learning Specialist: Clarifying the Role of Library Media Specialists." Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century. Eds. Allison Zmuda and Violet H. Harada. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 23--43. Print.
Kimmel, Sue C. ""Consider with Whom You Are Working": Discourse Models of School Librarianship in Collaboration." School Library Research 14 (2011): n. pag. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <www.ala.org/aasl/slr/vol14>.